Wissenschaftliche Literatur Assessment

RADIZ Radon-Dokumentations- und Informationszentrum Schlema e. V. (Ed.)

Radon as a Medicine

Therapeutic Effectiveness, Biological Mechanism and Comparative Risk Assessment

HIPPOKRATES – Schriftenreihe Medizinische Forschungsergebnisse

Proofs of the therapeutic efficiency of balneological radon applications administered to patients suffering from rheumatic diseases, investigations into the biological action mechanism associated with the alpha particles emitted by radon and its radioactive daughter products, and the comparative risk assessment of radon treatment and medicinal pain therapy have been the research projects whose results are summarized in this book. Controlled clinical studies, if possible…

Chika Ubaldus Ogbonna

Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries

Institutional Challenges and Opportunities for Nigeria‘s Niger Delta Region

Studien zur Umweltpolitik

Climate variability and change has become a major environmental challenge facing developing countries in the 21st century. The natural resource-rich Niger Delta of Nigeria is highly vulnerable to climate change and variability. The research elicited data from multiple stakeholders within relevant agencies and organizations, with a focus on the stakeholders’ views on legal and institutional challenges to adaptation in Bayelsa, Delta, Imo and Rivers States. Assessment of…

Asrat Mekonnen Gobachew

Supply Chain Performance Optimization under Demand Uncertainty

QM – Quantitative Methoden in Forschung und Praxis

This book presents a comprehensive model for businesses to optimize their supply chain performance. It focuses on balancing supply chain costs and customer service levels in distribution networks.

The book takes readers on a transformative journey through the world of supply chain optimization, starting with a deterministic bi-objective model and expanding to encompass the dynamic reality of today's supply chain operations. It introduces methods to handle the…

Charis-Olga Papadopoulou

The Use of the Learning Portfolio in Foreign Language Teacher Education

The Promotion of Learner Autonomy

Didaktik in Forschung und Praxis

This book addresses an important issue in foreign language teacher training, that of fostering learner autonomy in higher education. On the basis of an appropriate theoretical framework and systematically collected empirical evidence the book presents a learning portfolio to be used by student teachers of foreign languages. Teacher educators will find helpful guidance and supporting materials as far as the learning portfolio’s flexible use in multiple contexts is…

Christopher F. Mokwa

Valuation and Default Risk Assessment in Venture Capital Investments

The Impact of Biases in Management Forecasts and the Relevance of Selected Financial and Non-Financial Information from Due Diligence Documents

Finanzmanagement

This book examines the impact of selected due diligence information on the valuation of venture-backed start-ups and the assessment of default risks. By investigating the characteristics and consequences of biases in multi-year management forecasts, this thesis also sheds light on the role of optimism and confidence in entrepreneurial environments. In addition, this study presents cross-sectional models that allow investors to identify potential biases in management…

Jonas Meister

Causal Analysis on Observational Data for Discount Campaigns in E-Commerce

Forschungsergebnisse zur Informatik

Causal thinking is an inherent human behavior crucial for understanding relationships in diverse situations. Despite its significance, machine learning algorithms often struggle to identify causality, relying instead on historical patterns. This limitation hampers their ability to adapt to new scenarios, like the cold start problem.

Understanding causality holds particular importance in domains relying heavily on human behavior analysis, such as E-commerce,…

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Health Care Through Various Aspects of Social Action

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The monograph entitled “Health care through various aspects of social action” touches on research findings that find a common ground in the studies that are protecting our health. Initially, it gives insight into the results of a study that analyses the health and problems of students related to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, when most universities were forced to switch to online distance learning.

In the following chapter, it presents the…

David Bühne

Das Verfahren ELA in der orthopädischen Rehabilitation

Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE)-basierte Vorhersage der beruflichen Wiedereingliederung

Schriftenreihe Gesundheitswissenschaften

Verfahren der Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) werden zur Einschätzung der arbeitsbezogenen körperlichen Leistungsfähigkeit eingesetzt und bilden einen wichtigen Bestandteil beruflich orientierter Maßnahmen der medizinischen Rehabilitation.

Anhand einer prospektiven, multizentrischen Kohortenstudie wird untersucht, inwiefern das FCE-Verfahren ELA eine valide Prognose der beruflichen Wiedereingliederung sowie einen über Patientenangaben hinausgehenden…

Petra Hutner

Transdisziplinärer Ansatz zur Förderung einer Circular Economy durch nachhaltiges Ressourcenmanagement

Identifikation von Handlungsoptionen und Evaluierung von Umweltauswirkungen der Abfallvermeidung

Nachhaltigkeits-Management – Studien zur nachhaltigen Unternehmensführung

Das Konzept der Circular Economy visiert eine Kreislaufführung von Stoffen, einen nachhaltige Umgang mit Primärrohstoffen und eine Verringerung von unerwünschten Outputs und Dissipation an. Abfallvermeidung als priorisierte Strategie innerhalb eines nachhaltigen Ressourcen- und Abfallmanagements adressiert alle diese Ziele gleichzeitig und wird im Vergleich zu Recycling und energetischer Verwertung als ökologisch vorteilhaft angesehen. Die in dieser Studie entwickelte…

Nicasia Picciano

The European Union State-Building in Kosovo

Challenges and Lessons Learned: An Assessment of EULEX

Studien zum Völker- und Europarecht

This is the first research ever on an encompassing overview of EU conflict management in Kosovo. It analyses the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) commitment in the judicial field in the youngest Balkan ‘State‘, since its inception up today, by comparing its deeds and missed actions with those of its predecessor (United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo - UNMIK). It includes precious information on the understanding of the challenges third party…